Insider: Kennedy will be Aggies’ next coach (updated)

Murray State head coach Billy Kennedy led the Racers to a 23-9 record last season. (John Wright / AP Photo/The Paducah Sun)

UPDATE (4:04 p.m.):

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M has contacted a candidate for the Aggies’ basketball gig and told him Billy Kennedy would be the next A&M coach, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said.

The insider said A&M intended to call a press conference for Monday to announce Kennedy’s hire. Also on Saturday, the Associated Press reported that Northern Iowa had granted permission for A&M to speak to coach Ben Jacobson. TexAgs’ Billy Liucci reported that A&M intended to fly to Fargo, N.D., to meet with Jacobson on Saturday night.

ESPN’s Andy Katz cited a source Saturday claiming Kennedy was the “leader and could be offered the Texas A&M job by the end of Saturday.”

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ORIGINAL POST:

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M has contacted a candidate for the Aggies’ basketball gig and told him Murray State’s Billy Kennedy would be the next A&M coach, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said.

The insider said A&M intended to call a press conference for Monday to announce Kennedy’s hire.